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The New War on Terrorism: Fact and Fiction

Program #CHON168.
Recorded in Cambridge, MA
on October 18, 2001.

Chomsky's long-awaited talk on the September 11th events and their aftermath. Speaking before an overflow crowd of 2000 people, Chomsky's compelling lecture on U.S. foreign policy helps separate fact from fiction in the invasion of Afghanistan. His thorough historical analysis provides vital information for understanding the state of the world today following 9/11.

Recorded at MIT.

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Noam Chomsky, by any measure, has led a most extraordinary life. In one index he is ranked as the eighth most cited person in history, right up there with Aristotle, Shakespeare, Marx, Plato and Freud. The legendary MIT professor practically invented modern linguistics. In addition to his pioneering work in that field he has been a leading voice for peace and social justice for many decades. Chris Hedges says he is “America’s greatest intellectual” who “makes the powerful, as well as their liberal apologists, deeply uncomfortable.” He is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. At 90, he still gives lectures all over the world. He is the author of scores of books, including Propaganda & the Public Mind, How the World Works, Power Systems and Global Discontents with David Barsamian.